Bryan McLaren, leading figure of the “emerging church” movement, is observing the Muslim month of dawn-to-dusk fasting known as Ramadan, which began August 21. Here is his statement: We, as Christians, humbly seek to join Muslims in this observance of Ramadan as a God-honoring expression
The White House is putting out dire warnings about swine flu: Swine flu may infect half the U.S. population this year, hospitalize 1.8 million patients and lead to as many as 90,000 deaths, more than twice the number killed in a typical seasonal flu, White
Spain has no conscience clause that would exempt physicians who do not believe in abortion from refusing to perform that procedure. So pro-life doctors–of which there are many in this largely Catholic country–are announcing their willingness to go to jail. In this account, notice the
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America did more at their convention than affirm homosexuality. The delegates also voted to extend full pulpit, altar, and every other kind of fellowship with the United Methodist Church. The chief legislative authority of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
The House health care reform bill tries to work around the law that forbids taxpayer money going to pay for abortions. Note how that would work, but also note the possibility of a pro-life result that has pro-abortionists nervous: The House approach to the coverage
Fermi lab, in suburban Chicago, is going to send a beam of neutrinos underneath Wisconsin to be collected all the way in northern Minnesota, all in the hopes of understanding these mysterious entities. From Blasting Neutrinos Under Wisconsin May Yield Big Payoff – washingtonpost.com: Neutrinos
The Sunday after the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America voted in convention to affirm homosexuality, the assigned Bible readings from the lectionary, which are read and preached upon during the service and that many ELCA congregations would be using, were Isaiah 29: 11-29; Ephesians 5:22-33;
That is a question that surely deserves consideration, doesn’t it? In the Washington Post, two attorneys, David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey, cite a number of Supreme Court precedents that would indicate that a law mandating that everyone purchase insurance would not pass
Buried in the Washington Post is this small item: Poll: 51% Say They Are Pro-Life: A Gallup poll found for the first time that a majority of Americans identify themselves as pro-life. A May survey, just released, asked the question: With respect to the abortion
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America in convention went for the trifecta in affirming homosexuality. The liberal Lutherans ruled that homosexual sex is moral, allowed churches to bless gay unions, and allowed non-celibate gays to be pastors. In each case, the approval applies only to
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